H.R. 3580

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3580 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3580

To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to increase funding for the 
conservation stewardship program, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 22, 2023

Mr. Kelly of Mississippi (for himself, Mr. Guest, Mr. Ezell, and Ms. 
Letlow) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Agriculture

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A BILL

To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to increase funding for the 
conservation stewardship program, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ANNUAL FUNDING.

Section 1241(a)(3)(B) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3841(a)(3)(B)) is amended to read as follows:
``(B) for the conservation stewardship program 
under subchapter B of that chapter, $1,800,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2024 through 2031.''.

SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF FUNDS.

$5,020,000,000 of the unobligated balances of amount appropriated 
or otherwise made available under section 21001 of Public Law 117-169 
(commonly referred to ask the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022) is 
hereby transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out, using 
the facilities and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the 
conservation stewardship program under subchapter B of chapter 4 of 
subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3839aa-21 et seq.).
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